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Originally Posted by HamsterWheel
I appreciate that you lot have privacy concerns, but I just don't think they are valid.
If they are valid, you lot will certainly figure out a way to whinge, and Phorm will be tweaked. It will not go away though.
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You are happy to give a company that you don't know , and have no direct contact with (or comeback against) access to your own personal details? Not just the the unimportant stuff (like blogs, forums etc), but the important stuff (webmail, ebanking, tax details etc)?
Whether or not Phorm store this data (and I have seen some evidence to suggest they do store 14 days worth for diagnostic purposes) and whether or not they are a trustworthy company, that data *will* attract hackers (why bother hacking etailer websites for a few thousand credit card details when you can hack Virgin's Phorm server and potentially get 3 million). You are placing your personal data in the hands of a company who in a previous incarnation installed root kits on people's PCs apparently without realising.
Let's alter the argument a bit (because I believe if Phorm is allowed to continue, this *will* happen).
How would you feel if a company started listening in on your Phone calls (for "profiling") and targeting adverts to you?
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Originally Posted by HamsterWheel
ChristT - your visions of the internet are laudable, but not what is happening in a world driven by commerce.
That's why half of the innovations on the net have been driven by porn purveyors.
The net has moved on since it was a handful of geeks sending each other formulas between their uni labs.
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Which still does not justify spying on users.